Black lung at highest rate in decades among miners
Vol. 83/No. 29 - August 12, 2019![Former coal miners with black lung demonstrate in Abingdon, Virginia, December 2018. Longer hours, drop in unionized mines is fueling big increase in miners with the disease.](https://themilitant.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/page05_miners8329-300x252.jpg)
Coal miners in the U.S. are facing the biggest rise in the debilitating black lung disease in decades as mine bosses drive to speed up production and reduce the number of unionized mines to maximize their profits. In Appalachia, one…